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Thursday 5 February 2015

The world's luckiest taxi driver: Cabbie cheats death after Taiwan plane clipped his car before plunging into river killing 31

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A taxi driver is lucky to be alive after a passenger plane clipped his vehicle before hitting a motorway overpass and crashing into a river in Taiwan killing at least 31 people.
The cabbie, named locally as Mr Zhou, scrambled from the wreckage of his car with serious injuries before telling doctors 'I fainted the moment it hit us'.
Flight 235 with 58 people aboard - many of them travellers from China - banked sharply on its side on Wednesday shortly after takeoff from Taipei, smashing into a highway bridge and then plunging into the Keelung River below.
Mr Zhou, who is said to have a heart condition, reportedly clambered from his vehicle before admitting: 'I am lucky to be alive'.

A two-year-old boy was one of four children who miraculously survived the terrifying crash. So far 15 survivors have been pulled from the wreckage of the plane, as more than 1,000 rescue personnel scramble to try and save people trapped in the aircraft which crashed into the Keeling River in the capital city of Taipei.
Dramatic footage of the rescue operation, which is still ongoing, shows the child being carried out on the aeroplane by emergency workers with barely a scratch on him. Once the dinghy reaches dry land, he is rushed away to be looked over by medics.
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Crash: A taxi driver (pictured in the grey jacket) was taken to hospital after suffering severe head injuries and concussion when the plane crushed his vehicle before colliding with the bridge
Crash: A taxi driver (pictured in the grey jacket) was taken to hospital after suffering severe head injuries and concussion when the plane crushed his vehicle before colliding with the bridge
Smash: Terrifying pictures have emerged of a passenger plane with 58 people on board plunging into a river near Taiwan's capital Taipei after clipping a bridge on the freeway 
Smash: Terrifying pictures have emerged of a passenger plane with 58 people on board plunging into a river near Taiwan's capital Taipei after clipping a bridge on the freeway 
Miracle: A rescue worker hands over a two-year-old boy after survivor a devastating plane crash in Taiwan. The aircraft clipped a motorway shortly after take off and crashed into the Keeling River
Miracle: A rescue worker hands over a two-year-old boy after survivor a devastating plane crash in Taiwan. The aircraft clipped a motorway shortly after take off and crashed into the Keeling River
Safe: The toddler and a Taiwanese official rush to safety once they reach dry land, after the little boy is rescued from the plane which crashed into the Keeling River in Taipai, Taiwan's capital city
Safe: The toddler and a Taiwanese official rush to safety once they reach dry land, after the little boy is rescued from the plane which crashed into the Keeling River in Taipai, Taiwan's capital city
Safe: The toddler and a Taiwanese official rush to safety once they reach dry land, after the little boy is rescued from the plane which crashed into the Keeling River in Taipai, Taiwan's capital city
Passengers' belongings are placed in front of the wreckage of the TransAsia ATR 72-600 turboprop plane on the Keelung river bank outside Taiwan's capital Taipei
Passengers' belongings are placed in front of the wreckage of the TransAsia ATR 72-600 turboprop plane on the Keelung river bank outside Taiwan's capital Taipei
A military police officer inspects passengers' luggage recovered from the wreckage of the aircraft
A military police officer inspects passengers' luggage recovered from the wreckage of the aircraft
Clothes, suitcases and other belongings were recovered from the wreckage of the aircraft and placed next to the crash site
Clothes, suitcases and other belongings were recovered from the wreckage of the aircraft and placed next to the crash site
At least 25 people were killed in the crash, which happened just three minutes after the plane took off from a Taipei airport. 

While the survivors receive medical attention and counselling following the horrifying incident, emergency workers continue to look for 18 people who are still not accounted for as night falls on the crash site. 
Cranes have been used to remove part of the fuselage from the river, which was lying half submerged. 
Fire department officials have confirmed that 14 of the fatalities died at the scene while the others died as a result of their injuries before they reached a hospital,The Strait Times reports.  

 
Via - Dailymail.

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